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This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
sooooooo so cute
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Islamophobia
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm
Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa by Rigoberto González
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
my favorite memoir that i began reading in high school and finished now in college
My Brother's Husband: Volume 2 by Gengoroh Tagame
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
My Brother's Husband: Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
it made me cry 👍🏽 i adore this manga
On Sundays, She Picked Flowers by Yah Yah Scholfield
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Death of parent
Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 2 by Inio Asano
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
i'm not sure if i can say i like this volume because it was extremely triggering, but if yuichi's backstory hadn't gone into detail i probably would've liked it more. the contents aren't overly detailed in a way that turns it into torture porn but still. please read content warnings beforehand.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy
i wish someone had warned me before reading this volume, but there is a massive trigger warning for pedophilia in yuichi's backstory. like graphic. (more in spoilers but i'll save the detail) yuichi talks about his feelings for a 16 year old girl who is held captive by her abusive mother as a result of a teen pregnancy by another kid her age. she loves yuichi and feels like he understands her. he loved her too but did not pursue the relationship. yuichi leaves his long term girlfriend after everything with the other girl along with a bunch of other shit. he tells this story to his current love interest who suspected something happened to him in his early life that stopped him from pursuing romantic relationships and being close to others in general. i'm purposefully avoiding mentioning the more graphic pedophilic content, it gets close to sexual but doesn't go any further. based on the reading, the pedophilia is treated as a negative thing but is still extremely uncomfortable to read. you don't need to read yuichi's backstory; just know that he did something terrible.
Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1 by Inio Asano
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
great start to the series rip to punpun tho
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual content and Medical content
1984 by George Orwell
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
when you consider how orwell has ratted out gays and commies to the british government, is very racist in his description of the only character of color in the book, and makes his 2 main characters (yes including julia) very misogynistic, a lot of the message is lost in hypocrisy. also includes the very lazy 'book within a book' method in order to fully & explicitly develop his political viewpoint. also it's several pages long. tldr; this book is ass and took me months to finish